Socrates Maupin

Professor of chemistry at Hampden-Sydney College. Later head of the Richmond Academy. He joined the faculty of the University of
Virginia in 1853, where he remained for 15 years. Married Sally Hay Travis on December 14, 1837. He died in Lynchburg, VA, in a
carriage accident. A son, Chapman Maupin, was born in Albemarle County on April 23, 1846. He had been a student at the University of
Virginai in 1828, and obtained a doctor’s degree in medicine in 1830. He remained at the university for another 3 years and
obtained a Master of Arts degree. He became a professor of chemistry at the Medical College of Richmond in 1838..